Face don't lie

Busy enough that I can't find time to paint my toenails (which would include removing the old polish, which does not cover all of any nail any longer). Made time today to cut myself some bangs, on the grounds that this was a time savings by virtue of letting me further delay a much-needed haircut. Wild hair looks deliberate if you add precision bangs. Success!

I still look tired, though, because my face don't lie.

million = million

I work in media, whether it's as a writer, as a filmmaker, or as a captioner who covers sports, the stock market, and congress. These are all areas where big money numbers get thrown around, and people say things like "a million dollars isn't all that much anymore." Or "$5 million is nothing. What could you do with $5 million?"

And on the one hand, there are things I could not make for a million dollars; I couldn't afford to buy all the materials I would need, and pay all the crew members, and rent all the equipment, and launch a marketing campaign. And if I were a sports player getting offered a $5 million contract when somebody who does the same thing, but worse than me, is getting paid $50 million, I would have some grounds to renegotiate. Money is, after all, relative.

But I try to remind myself every once in a while that if somebody handed me a million dollars, free and clear, I could pay myself my current annual salary for 25 years. I make the median U.S. family income.

So no, actually, a million dollars is still a lot of money.